| 单词 | obtrusive |
| 例句 | Sedges and ferns and graceful bulrush would be planted on the banks of the Wooded Island to conjure density and intricacy and “to slightly screen, without hiding, flowers otherwise likely to be too obtrusive.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her rooms were so silent that the music seemed obtrusive. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The klezmerlike interruptions of the funereal movement here seemed emotionally credible rather than abruptly obtrusive. A joyful evening of Wagner and Mahler from young maestros 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z She enforced lean and transparent textures, with obtrusive brass occasionally disrupting an otherwise astute orchestral balance. A reshuffled Baltimore Symphony Orchestra can’t quite fill the void after headliner’s exit Yet not all tourism needs to be so obtrusive. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one It’s a homey environment: children, grandchildren and neighbors rolled through while I was there, and Ms. Orlando struck the right balance between helpful and obtrusive. Frugal Traveler Blog: Litchfield County, Easy on the Wallet 2011-10-04T17:28:19Z Yet such is the vigour of the action, pent up on a catwalk that begins to look like a rat run, that the modern clothes quickly cease to be obtrusive. Amphibians; A Doll's House; Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-16T00:06:01Z Admittedly, that sort of creative style can be rather obtrusive if handled improperly. Cloud Nothings' Attack on Memory: An Aural Assault on the Heart 2012-01-24T17:59:07Z While the British AND pirates are patrolling the waters around Scotland at this time, getting out to the island in the least obtrusive way possible is a good idea. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 8: The Secret Revealed 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z And perhaps the rather cheap, airport-looking materials, including the ceiling panels in the atrium, will seem less obtrusive. Even a $540 million building can suffer from cost cutting 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Of course her appearance in the studio is obtrusive. The Sublime Spectacle of Yoko Ono Disrupting the Beatles 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The Frick has chosen to continue in Beaux-Arts style as if that might make the imbalanced bulk of its plan seem less obtrusive. The Case Against a Mammoth Frick Collection Addition 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The obtrusive large filing cabinet by the door is a giveaway: a storage-deprived New Yorker lives here. Living Rooms: Onstage Spaces to Lust For 2010-04-29T21:42:00Z Some jarring comic absurdism is added through the unusually obtrusive presence of Aunt March’s parrot. Review: ‘Little Women,’ Through British Eyes 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z In the swirl of imagery, our shadows make stark and obtrusive voids, while our bodies, their contours dissolving amid the projections, feel almost invisible. 'Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination' at LACMA stuns the senses 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Overt oak flavors can clash with many foods, and oak tannins can be more obtrusive than grape tannins. Your Easy, No-Sweat Guide to Picking Wines for Thanksgiving 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z This is disappointing enough, but Gibb's account is also marred by an obtrusive style, with most sentences bursting with cliched adjectives. West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb – review 2013-04-06T08:00:36Z Two young men, obtrusive in high-vis jackets, surveyed it and marvelled. Nothing to Lose, the bestselling book you've never heard of 2013-03-18T08:00:26Z He was brought up at Cliveden, a great house on the Thames: “a shallow, vapid, cotton-wool life”, he once said, dominated by his obtrusive and overbearing American mother Nancy, Britain’s first female member of parliament. Per ardua ad Astor 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z As far as the okra, the smaller the better: Their skins will be more tender and their seeds less obtrusive. The Southern glory that is tomato gravy 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Imagine something obtrusive, something alien, attached to your body for nearly three decades and then imagine that something suddenly gone. The Internet bought my vagina 2014-05-05T21:30:00Z “There will be a boundary fence but not obtrusive or oppressive.” ‘Eventually I knew she was no longer safe alone’: how do we care for family with dementia? 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z We all stayed up late and I tried to take notes without looking too obtrusive. Let’s Take It to the Page 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z I think there needs to be a libretto, but it should be less obtrusive and more along the lines of David Neumann's choreography, which is fluid and inventive but content to remain almost subliminal. 'Family Album' confirms Stew and Rodewald's musical instincts 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z A welcome center assists classical music newbies and gets the obtrusive ticket booths out of the way. Can Architecture Build Values, Too? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z There’s an in-the-moment urgency to his visceral rhymes, dismissing obtrusive opinions from non-Black people and affirming his resolution to keep his foot on the gas. Seattle musicians tell the stories of our historic year through song 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Scott deemed them “obtrusive” and “a little jarring.” ‘25th Hour’: The Best 9/11 Movie Was Always About New York 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z In the longer "story" poems of hers, "The Fish" or "The Moose", for example, she uses rhyme as echo, finding a subtle meter that is never obtrusive. Elizabeth Bishop: a centenary to celebrate 2011-02-08T17:50:28Z The obtrusive cinematography, by Newton Thomas Sigel, only makes matters worse. | 'The Conspirator': History?s Loose Ends, and a Tightening Noose 2011-04-14T22:29:34Z At times, the narrative’s topicality is almost obtrusive. Review: In ‘Monsters and Men,’ Racism Disrupts a Neighborhood 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z It had been a while since I’d encountered the sort of high-rise development that so blights many Mediterranean shores, and I’d forgotten how malignant it can feel, how obtrusive. Ruins, casinos and abandoned construction mark Cyprus 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z And why is it necessary to allow indoor vaping as a smoking-cessation aid when less obtrusive remedies — patches, gum, pretzel sticks — are available? Work Advice: No, your boss’s e-cigarette vapor is not ‘just steam’ 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “Liar,” like their other work, is smoothly and craftily assembled, hurrying you past its implausibilities with its style and its ominous, not quite obtrusive music. Review: A ‘Downton Abbey’ Star in Peril Again in SundanceTV’s ‘Liar’ 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Her origins finally emerged in a 2017 Hollywood Reporter exposé, whose raw material the series relays through obtrusive mock interviews with characters, many of them renamed, lightly fictionalized versions of real people. Rock ’n’ Roll Swindles, Revisited 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Like the obtrusive railing that forces visitors into one particular path around the gallery, its authority has come to seem sort of pointless. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z A few high notes had an unpleasant piercing quality, but these were less obtrusive than when she sang the role here last year. Dalayman's rapturous Immolation caps `Ring' 2013-05-03T15:38:08Z I found the heavy doses of voice-over in the rather clunky movie to be obtrusive and irritating. Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Story, the Musical,’ at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater 2012-11-20T03:00:10Z Phone Umber: A less obtrusive paint color for cellular towers. The Tile Invitational III: Words from ScrabbleGrams 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Yet not all tourism needs to be so obtrusive. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one Unless you notice the Swiss customs officials, who are not particularly obtrusive, this could pass for a large self-storage operation in Queens. Swiss Freeports Are Home for a Growing Treasury of Art 2012-07-21T18:52:48Z One tic is obtrusive: Charyn’s seemingly random use of italic type. ‘I Am Abraham’: inside the mind and heart of Lincoln 2014-02-26T20:15:46Z It will be particularly obtrusive at Potters Fields – everywhere you look it will be in your view. London 9/11 sculpture shelved after opposition from UK victims' families 2011-03-08T21:26:06Z Consider the obtrusive green fence behind her Village party: You’ll feel hemmed in and claustrophobic, too. Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z So you might think he could laugh off the obtrusive military hardware. Arj Barker: Landing of the Conchord 2010-08-10T20:29:00Z And it’s not just because of its cinematography and music, though both are noticeably subtler and more artful than the obtrusive, blaring color and sound that fuels a show like “NCIS: Los Angeles.” Review: In ‘Battle Creek,’ the F.B.I. Sets Up Shop With the Police 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He has a straightforward portrayal to do, which dare not be obtrusive, and yet it consistently carries the tenuous narrative of everyday incidents and events. How to watch (almost) every Best Picture winner from 1940 through 1949 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z He still struggles with pacing and obtrusive thoughts, but he believes he will be able to one day live independently. Brave Little Worriers 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Ingebrigtsen described the experience as obtrusive but enjoyable, yet he also grew frustrated when cameras would follow him to his room long after formal interviews had ended during major championships. Jakob Ingebrigtsen's finger-wagging showmanship driven by his 'bad' urge to win 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Occasionally, single stalks of obtrusive yucca burst forth from rosettes of sword-shaped leaves. L.A. hikers love Temescal Canyon. A developer just got fined $6 million for blocking it 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The athletes don’t view the camera as obtrusive but something else entirely. In college gymnastics, the ripple effect of real “air time” 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The city agreed to commence work on a municipal incinerator, and to begin less obtrusive backdoor garbage collection by metal-lined, covered vehicles. Why doesn’t L.A. have piles of garbage on the sidewalks? Many years of fighting 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z These kinds of crossovers are common for Marvel, and for the most part, they don’t feel too obtrusive here. Hawkeye’s first season is a welcome holiday surprise 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z It could also turn our public commons into obtrusive brand exercises, making advertising literally something we can’t avoid. Soon when you walk down the street, 3-D creatures could try to sell you something 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z What’s involved are data from cameras inside the car, without resorting to laser sensors or other more obtrusive technology. New Mazda cars will stop if driver suffers health problem 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Schools, law enforcement, supporting small businesses, destructive zoning that creates inequalities, obtrusive bike and scooter lanes. Meet the candidates running for Alexandria mayor and city council 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z They were also pretty obtrusive, even when I was just working in Chrome. Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 review: overpriced and underpowered 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z It provides an obtrusive layer of six-foot-drop protection to your new phone, while its built-in magnets work with your MagSafe gadgets. Meet the MagSafe-compatible cases for the iPhone 13 you need right now 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z It’s true that devices like the Apple Watch, Facebook’s glasses and Snap’s Spectacles are clever about making features of smartphones less obtrusive. Smartphones may be too good 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z And some professors object to masking and vaccine requirements, finding the mandates heavy-handed and obtrusive. As college campuses reopen, many faculty members worry about covid 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z While other routes were considered, a decision was ultimately made to place this visually obtrusive transit line on the west side of the Mercer Slough. Protect the legacy of our urban parks, a classic public good 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The cries of the new electronic line-calling system suddenly felt unnecessarily loud and obtrusive. Australian Open goes quiet as lockdown keeps crowds away 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Williams said it is likely the “least obtrusive” option for the site. County approves solar energy project near Prescott Valley 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z The nursing home systems, which are more obtrusive, haven’t faced the same level of scrutiny The nursing home systems, which are more obtrusive, haven’t faced the same level of scrutiny. When senior citizens are the early adopters 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The authorities have since pulled back on some of their more obtrusive tactics, though many South Koreans still have raised relatively few outcries over privacy. In South Korea, Covid-19 Comes With Another Risk: Online Bullies 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z In a recent Atlantic article about men who don’t wear masks, she acknowledged that masks don’t feel cool, can be obtrusive and block important body language signals, while still arguing emphatically for their importance. Opinion | How to Actually Talk to Anti-Maskers 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z It is evasive of common notice, while obtrusive to delicate scrutiny. Invisible Ether Evolved with Time 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Staring at those tiny splits and holes in Pinckney’s letter, Ms. Choi decided to proceed in the least obtrusive, most delicate manner possible: with the thinnest paper in the world. The Thinnest Paper in the World 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Smaller and less obtrusive, this new smart lock works with your phone and doesn’t require an extra hub. CES: Here are the gadgets you will be using in 2020 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Two days after Celtics fans taunted Irving even in his absence, and he responded with a long Instagram post saying sports and entertainment were “ignorant and obtrusive.” Dinwiddie has 32, Nets beat Celtics as Irving sits again 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z About an hour after the game ended, Irving posted a long Instagram story calling sports and entertainment “ignorant and obtrusive.” Walker scores 39, Celtics beat Nets 121-110 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Animal tracking is becoming increasingly easier as tags become more powerful, more efficient, and are less obtrusive to the animals. Migrating eagles racked up a huge cellular bill 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Rinaldi said their hope was to let the moments develop while not being obtrusive. ESPN documentary shows Bleier’s emotional return to Vietnam 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Like Motorola, Asus has made its version of Android feel very close to the vanilla version that you get on a Google Pixel, with extra features tucked away in obtrusive places if you want them. Asus ZenFone 6 review: a neat flipping camera, but the battery life is better 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Milch: It was an irrefutable and obtrusive fact. David Milch’s Third Act 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z “I would stuff it into my girdle before going onstage,” she told The Post, recalling the obtrusive pump. Charity Tillemann-Dick, operatic soprano who drew life and music from transplanted lungs, dies at 35 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The volume level indicator won’t be as obtrusive and in your face anymore, which is another welcome change. iOS 13 will reportedly include a dark mode and huge improvements to iPad multitasking 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z A: It’s less obtrusive to look at a watch, yes. There’s no place at the table for your phone | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z One theory is that the dust storm that engulfed Opportunity was so obtrusive that it left a layer of dust on the rover’s solar panels, further preventing it from receiving sunlight. NASA is saying goodbye to its Opportunity rover on Mars after eight months of radio silence 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z He has developed the knack of getting up close to the ugliest parts of American life without being obtrusive. ‘We've dug ourselves a really deep hole’ – David Neiwert on the rise of the far right 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z In particular, Colbert looked at Trump’s claim, in a recent tweet, that his proposed border wall would actually be a “Steel Barrier rather than concrete” because it’s “both stronger & less obtrusive”. Seth Meyers on government shutdown: 'We are in a self-inflicted crisis' 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z These machines are often large, obtrusive contraptions with batteries and wires, which require surgery to implant and sometimes need replacement. Tiny implantable wireless devices could help people repair nerves and lose weight 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The design is intended to be less obtrusive than a "notch" - as popularised by Apple and later by many Android smartphone manufacturers. Huawei and Samsung reveal hole-punch phones 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Elsewhere he has spoken of how he wanted to make a “less important thing to look at,” as a riposte to the obtrusive self-seriousness of Minimalism. Bruce Nauman, the Artist’s Artist 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z GoPro touted the Session’s small stature and one-button design as evidence that it was focusing on making its cameras both easier to use and less obtrusive, two common complaints with earlier products. The Hero 7 is GoPro’s shot at a comeback 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z “Oh thank goodness, the last thing you’d want in a border wall is something obtrusive,” Colbert joked. Seth Meyers on government shutdown: 'We are in a self-inflicted crisis' 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Having the smaller phone in my pocket felt less obtrusive during dog walks, long hikes and gym sessions. The iPhone XS and XS Max Review: Bigger Is Now Definitely Better 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Seriously, look at it — it’s smaller and less obtrusive than even the Essential Phone’s, with a speaker sleekly integrated into the top edge of the phone. Oppo’s latest phone has the best notch yet 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Were it a politician, it would be vice president — always there, frequently useful but never obtrusive. Appreciation: Warren Brown’s freewheeling commentary on cars and life 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z It was there for Baffert if he wanted it, but the white-haired Hall of Fame trainer opted for a cubicle that was far less obtrusive. Justify arrives at Pimlico for Preakness Stakes as 1-2 favorite 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z He says Russian officials “don’t want to be too obtrusive, but don’t want to be impolite.” Russia: Trump promised to make reciprocal visit to Moscow 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z What’s missing from this foyer is the often obligatory but sometimes obtrusive staircase. Head west to find townhouses and single-family homes with a variety of options 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The device, fitted with a SixAxis feedback mechanism, alerts the user of oncoming obstacles using vibrations, enabling an easier and less obtrusive way to navigate public areas. How France and India Can Unleash the Power of "Frugal Innovation" 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The reciprocity bill is so obtrusive, it even overrides the right of a town or village to pass stringent concealed-carry laws. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z “They saw that I wasn’t obtrusive and that I wasn’t going to leak something, and they saw that I took what I did very seriously,” he said. An intimate peek into the Obama White House by official photographer 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z The challenge for engineers, Albertorio said, is creating technology that isn’t obtrusive, distracting the user from the sensations and sounds visually impaired people rely upon. For decades, the blind have used canes to get around. Now a special wristband gives them a ‘sixth sense.’ 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Through the Save our Skies Santa Cruz citizens group Stansfield founded, a committee of residents, elected officials and FAA representatives began meeting to devise less obtrusive flight procedures. New flight paths lead to airplane noise complaints across US 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The new version will feature a slightly updated design with integrated stereo headphone cables, making the dangling wires that are usually necessary for attaching headphones to the headset much less obtrusive. Sony is Launching a New PlayStation VR Headset 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, it vowed to bolster its police presence around the site and introduce less obtrusive security measures over the next six months, including unspecified "advanced technologies". Palestinians return to holy site after Israel security reversal - BBC News 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Israel will remove metal detectors from a holy site in Jerusalem and use less obtrusive surveillance. Israel to remove Jerusalem metal detectors - BBC News 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Relocate the luxury suites so as not to be so obtrusive and retain the seating capacity to a minimum of 85,000. Letters: Dodgers can't save it all for a rainy day 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z A similar method that I've found that works well, but isn't as obviously obtrusive is to use a restroom a few floors up or down and take the stairs. Work. Walk 5 Minutes. Work. 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z An independent monitor joined the mix in 2003, when the two sides agreed on specific goals that, if met, would free the district of supervision some officials consider costly and obtrusive. L.A. Unified faults costs of the independent monitor overseeing programs for disabled students 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Coaches who have to deal with well-meaning but obtrusive moms and dads are less likely to want to sign the player. The dos and don’ts about looking for a school to play college golf - Golf Digest 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In contrast, private developers are allowed to build obtrusive megatowers which offer only height and hubris without any redeeming esthetics. New York Today: Architecture for All 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Cash Uprising holds that everybody should be able to get and deposit cash anywhere—the view that Torstendahl and others find so obtrusive. Imagining a Cashless World 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Wood is used extensively, and the buildings are low and obtrusive. ‘Concrete can be beautiful’: readers' modernist American architecture photos 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Strength: Animated films travel well; they’re less obtrusive when dubbing into foreign languages. The 25 most powerful film franchises in Hollywood ... and why they matter more than movie stars 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z However, it's the first sign that New York City commuters may soon be able to stream music, check their email, or conduct loud, obtrusive phone conversations, all while speeding through underground tunnels. The MTA is testing Wi-Fi inside its subway cars 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Fights in hockey often mark a lull in the entertainment, an obtrusive one-on-one moment where the majority of the players are just standing around as the two ice boxers finish their business. Was the Odor-Bautista fight acceptable? Baseball's code is unclear ... 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z It was created by the same guys that made "KanyeText" earlier this year, and it's like sliding into someone's DMs, except somehow more pointless and obtrusive. SeinText is the bottom of the prank barrel 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Not hurting this verite movement is the diminishing size and increased capabilities of cameras, thus less obtrusive than ever. True/False 2016: In 'Thy Father's Chair,' housecleaning, religion and an unwitting cat surplus 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The music is perfectly engineered to match the flowing movements and not at all obtrusive. We tried it: The Fixx class at Wanderlust Hollywood, where yoga goes with a musical flow 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Then he steps back to admire its patina, which is oxidizing to a less obtrusive olive green among the flower-strewn crypts and stately granite family mausoleums here. French Artists Will Take Their Irreverence to the Grave 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Will argues that this problem refers largely to the original two-stroke engines introduced to America in the 1970s, and that newer models are less obtrusive. Lawn wars: leaf blower opponents seek peaceful resolution to neighborly feud 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z These scenes validate the increasingly common belief that journalists are obtrusive and self-serving, caring little about serving the public and worrying more about their own economic, political and personal needs. Heroes or Scoundrels: Pop Culture, Journalists and the 2016 Campaign 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z His racism, and maybe theirs, is of a less obtrusive, don’t-you-be-offended-by-this kind. The greatest show on earth 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z And when the goggles are snapped back into place, it's not that obtrusive of a case, either. The Figment iPhone case is also a VR viewer 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z What they’d find is that the cameras are about as obtrusive as wall-mounted clocks, doing nothing to add any drama or distraction to the proceedings. Why doesn't the Supreme Court have cameras? 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z But they are also designed not to be overly obtrusive. Carmakers’ automated dilemma: How to keep drivers from feeling robotic 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The claim is that these pylons will be less obtrusive not just because of their shorter stature, but because the design allows them to "follow the contours of the land". First new pylon type constructed 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “The EPA did not consult with Crow Nation, did not consider the economic impacts on Crow Nation and did not provide a less obtrusive alternative.” US Senate field hearing focuses on coal in Indian country 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z "It lets you quickly do things you're used to doing on your phone, but in a more convenient, less obtrusive way." New 'guided tour' videos explain how to use the Apple Watch's main features 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Luebcke said there are plans to make the device smaller and even less obtrusive for the wearer, with software updates that would take into account if the device falls into shade for a short time. Solitair device aims to takes guesswork out of sun safety 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The Incline Village Board of Realtors and the Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors have adopted a joint policy to protect ridgelines from “obtrusive man-modified structures or features.” 2 Realtor boards oppose ridgeline development at Lake Tahoe 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Less obtrusive, of course, are the various online pools. NCAA brackets: Oh, what a feeling when filling them out 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The whole thing is a bit more obtrusive than the annotations of old, but admittedly it also looks a fair bit nicer. YouTube's new 'cards' will now obstruct your videos instead of annotations 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z This new interface is mercifully much slicker and less obtrusive than its predecessor, using tidy and simple menus that lay over your TV picture rather than the previous full-screen approach. Samsung UN65JS9500 SUHD TV Review: Welcome To The Future 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z On one hand are the protesters, who see a criminal justice system that incarcerates vast numbers of minorities, especially young black men, and subjects even larger numbers to obtrusive enforcement. William Bratton: Reconciling cops and civilians requires being good to each other 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z He says those messages are unnecessary, obtrusive and they distract drivers. ND House defeats proposal to limit highway sign messages 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z Throughout the book, Michaels drops a lot of famous names, but it's not obtrusive or excessive. Book Review: Al Michaels' You Can't Make This Up: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z “They’re suger-coating their obtrusive new presence in the labor market by covering themselves in pink and candy and Hello Kitty, disguising themselves as harmless.” Hello Kitty: Feminist Icon or Sexist Throwback? 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z This push can actually be felt in the obtrusive soundtrack, which suggests life just bouncing along, playfully, wistfully, but always bouncy, heading toward a bouncy finish. ‘St. Vincent’ - Bill Murray in sentimental old guy role 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z What's more, says Norges Bank, the more classic design on the front is better suited to integrating the necessary security components without making them obtrusive. Norway's new banknotes are a beautifully pixelated blur 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Covering that light with a screen or an umbrella, or bouncing it off another surface, produces a bigger, softer light source - and its shadows are much less obtrusive. Selfie science: taking perfect pics 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z "So they not only tend to see the police as having some racial biases, but also in their day-to-day activities behaving in ways that are more obtrusive and maybe unjustified in dealing with citizens." Police mistrust still prevalent years later 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The racy and messy aspects of the lives of many Hollywood greats were sensationally exposed in Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon book, igniting a tabloid celebrity culture that would eventually become criminally obtrusive. Lauren Bacall was the last of the Hollywood greats – but she also transcended them all 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z So in formal styles it's not a bad idea to keep an eye open for them and to correct the obtrusive ones. Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z There’s no denying that shooting a concert on Glass is less obtrusive than holding up your phone. We are all Glassholes now 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z "In this specific case you would want something that's not too obtrusive." LG unveils child-tracking tech 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Consumers wanted sleeker, less obtrusive headphones for their portable devices. Who Made That Earbud? 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z With just a few pokes, the spiders generally moved away from the obtrusive jelly fingers, and none of them bit. Black Widows Have More Control Over Their Attacks Than You Think 2014-02-09T00:01:57Z "It's present but it's not obtrusive," said Scott Hume, associate director of security operations with Global Rescue, a security firm that is providing support to the U.S. Sochi's Purple-Colored Police 2014-02-10T02:02:25Z And we might wonder whether real-life investigations seem more obtrusive or chaotic to parents accustomed to their children’s virtual messing around. Well: To Smoosh Peas Is to Learn 2013-12-23T19:05:11Z It’s a different piece of advertising that didn’t exist previously, it’s not entirely obtrusive, and it’s not an interruptive experience to the reader. In-Image Advertising: How To Monetize The Visual Web 2013-12-11T16:49:00Z A distant mechanical buzz is no more obtrusive than a birdsong. How Beijing--and the Rest of China--Recycles Plastic [Excerpt] 2013-11-08T16:45:03.663Z The Galaxy Gear is so obtrusive and poorly designed that it is a gift for Apple. Apple Polishes Smartphone-King Title With Latest Announcements 2013-09-12T13:31:16Z We don’t know what the future versions of Google Glass will look like, but we can assume they’ll be smaller, less obtrusive, and more integrated into glasses than the current version. BYOG: Why You NEED A Google Glass Policy 2013-08-13T15:53:00Z Ramm believes that high-resolution 3D cameras for monitoring the driver will be the least obtrusive option. Top Gear, biometric cars and the taming of Jeremy Clarkson 2013-06-29T06:30:23Z Or they may tie their fortunes together, and it will be the consumers who drown in higher prices and obtrusive restrictions. The Xbox One Might Let Sony's PS4 Win By Default 2013-06-07T13:09:46Z This year we returned to Tate with a work that is much quieter and less obtrusive. The What Next? art campaign must tackle sticky questions like BP at Tate 2013-05-03T08:30:01Z Preservationists are pressing the City Planning Commission to extend some of the zoning protections against obtrusive new buildings on the west side of the street to the east side as well. Bowery Journal: On the Bowery, Vestiges of a Seedy Past Seep Through 2013-04-18T02:16:38Z Once Turntable’s novelty faded, its users returned to less obtrusive, “lean back” experiences that didn’t interfere with their day-to-day activities. What Killed Turntable.fm? 2013-03-28T15:55:23Z Weaver was as obtrusive as Musial was understated, but no less a master of his craft. Baseball loses two icons in Stan Musial, Earl Weaver 2013-01-20T04:24:05Z The impact of light pollution, or the presence of obtrusive artificial light, is increased by the presence of air pollution. India Ink: Delhi's Disappearing Night Sky 2012-11-14T15:43:48Z For it to be effective, it needs to be complementary to the user's experience and not obtrusive... and that's one of the great things about the second screen. TV finds salvation in the zombie apocalypse 2012-10-01T23:05:17Z For most of these publishers, their only alternative is to utilize AdSense, which is usually less lucrative and always more obtrusive. Get Coull And Get More Customers - Video Skimlinks That Drive Real Revenue 2012-06-26T23:06:29Z Yes, they have an optional “authenticator” which sends a secret code to your phone to login like you’re working at the CIA, but who thought you’d actually need such an obtrusive security measure like that? The Horror of Being Hacked in Diablo 3 2012-05-30T14:34:29Z But I had not long to puzzle my brains with these obtrusive questions, for I was presently plunged into still greater mental confusion. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Although sensuality was very general, it was less obtrusive, and unnatural and eccentric forms had become rare. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z I must retire, Henry;" said Mrs. Blond, in vain endeavouring to suppress the obtrusive tear; "recollection is too painful to let me listen to the relation. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z Norah turned away from this obtrusive sister in disdain, asking herself for perhaps the thousandth time what purpose in life she was possibly intended to serve. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z She was not at all shy, neither was she obtrusive. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z But the mask is like something from a bad science fiction movie: big, bulky and obtrusive. Well: To Treat Sleep Apnea, Some Shed a Mask 2012-04-09T20:59:41Z Seated thus alone without the vicinity of any obtrusive stranger, the impression made on me was very profound. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Again, the obtrusive ugliness of the skylights, rising clear above the sculptured cornices, can hardly fail to offend the eye, and suggests the idea of an encumbered or even an overloaded roof. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z As the days wore away, and Madeira came and went, even the flying fishes ceased to attract, and the noises of the ship grew more distant, the people less obtrusive. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Not that he was obtrusive in his attentions, for on the whole he was playing his part with great tact and circumspection. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z There was a calmness of deportment without the least obduracy, and no obtrusive boldness nor recklessness. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z I don't like to say the fa�ade of the church is ugly and obtrusive. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z And to an extent, too, which then surprised me, I found, as time went on, that the Duchess and Master Bertie shared this enthusiasm, although with them it took a less obtrusive form. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Concerning the business, pleasures, and refinements of cultivated life, he knew little, and cared nothing; and his manners were usually rough and obtrusive to the last degree. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Thus the moral purpose of Daniel Deronda which is certainly beyond all comparison less obtrusive than that of any other book written by George Eliot, grew by its very nearness, out of all perspective. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z An obtrusive moral in poetic form is a fraud on its face, and outlawed of art. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z It was fortunate for him that their observance was not too obtrusive, or it might have spoilt his appetite. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The process is mechanical and unpleasing; the noises which accompany it, discordant and obtrusive; the artist is surrounded with rubbish. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The more a government social program benefits wealthier Americans, the less obtrusive it is. Wonkbook: Will 2012 feel like a comeback or a setback? 2012-03-01T12:58:13Z Those cardholders would probably be unhappy, she acknowledged, if the show were to be filled with shots of “card swiping” and similarly obtrusive plugs. Advertising: Bravo and Chase to Announce Branded Entertainment Deal 2012-02-29T02:03:44Z Its obtrusive scenery "with the same strong impressions repeated day after day" became irksome; then he grew tired of the mountains and "would joyfully see them laid flat." Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z Not too obtrusive or moral, nor carrying it to the sweating point, but a good, sound approbation of right sentiment. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "Were they Austrian eyes?" she asked, her own eyes full of obtrusive indifference. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z He took a natural delight in evoking their emotions, and when the display gratified him, he allowed no obtrusive knowledge of its cost to them to abridge his enjoyment. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z We learn that Diogenes and Crates sought to force their principles upon their fellows in an obtrusive, tactless manner. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z It occurred to him that an excess of the qualities his companion admired in Miss Gascoyne might prove monotonous, especially if they were, as in her case, a little too obtrusive. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z It is a great satisfaction sometimes to find a bee overtaken by intoxication and night within a water lily or hollyhock, his obtrusive good example smothered sweetly. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Silent, patient needs give way to obtrusive wants that stare you in the face, and that may bear fear and danger in their train. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z Others contended the details were just too obtrusive. NCAA reform movement covers broad swath of changes 2012-01-13T23:08:09Z But though he comes often, he is not obtrusive like the rest. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z And thus every detail of his scheme is rendered alive with a rhythmic significance which the elementary nature of the theme prevents from ever becoming obtrusive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z “It is fenders to throw overboard when the ice is too obtrusive, isn’t it, sir?” Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z He spoke the most obtrusive Yankee; yet with turns of expression which at times induced me to think he was playing a part. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z I should very, very much like to know how he impresses you; and there is so much more I should very much like to know, that I must learn to be less obtrusive. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z It was not obtrusive but quietly efficient care that he took of himself, yet it seemed to bear upon the attitude of all with whom he had to do. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Finally, my lords, ladies and gentlemen, you are aware that an incident of an unpleasantly obtrusive habit deterred us from Terpsichore on Monday night. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z In careful detail, drawn with fidelity, never obtrusive, his art is pre-Raphaelite. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z With the possible exception of the Blue mounds southwest of Madison, this quartzite range is the most obtrusive topographic feature of southern Wisconsin. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Now and again the underground folk and trolls show themselves to be kind and grateful beings, when their wishes are granted, and when they are not annoyed by obtrusive curiosity. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z While I was unwilling to appear obtrusive by remaining in the room uninvited, the scene interested me so deeply, that I could not go away entirely. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z You will have the benefit of my Advice which I hope you will not find too obtrusive. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It is of loaf-like form, and gave a difficult climb until a staircase of solid and obtrusive construction was put there. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z The least talented of the numerous females pretending to authorship, are generally the most conceited and the most obtrusive. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z He is protected as sacred and allowed more liberty than is sometimes either convenient or pleasant, as he is apt to become obtrusive and his devotees fear to check or thwart him. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Without being obtrusive, when he was wanted he was always there. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z The fa�ade is gorgeous yet elegant, of a gaudiness that in this brilliant city of golden sunshine and white walls is not obtrusive. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Yet the accent was frankly Northern, and the diction free from any obtrusive elegance or trace of pedantry. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z He was affable without being obtrusive; communicative up to a certain point, without volunteering information; a good conversationalist without boring his listeners. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z This is a mechanical age, and the most obtrusive of the current mechanisms is the automobile. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Here, however, the really fine proportion of the interior is almost destroyed by the obtrusive colours of the false marble walls, and the representation of bosses and capitals. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z I wonder how we could befriend them without appearing officious or obtrusive. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Fearful of appearing anxious to make myself obtrusive, I have declined giving my name. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Men prefer to hear women talk in a less obtrusive manner; and women seem likely to follow their time-hallowed precedent, and to have men for their orators, leaders, physicians, and preachers. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Much more is it necessary that God's relation to us should not be obtrusive. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z This extremely good arrangement does not break up the flat walls by too many obtrusive perpendicular lines. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z It was not that he would be obtrusive; he was too thorough a gentleman for that, and her last letter to him was such that he could not be. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Then he yawned with obtrusive incivility, and plainly showed his master that the present company no longer interested him. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The most obvious, certainly the most obtrusive evil in the homes of the wretched, is poverty. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z A general pause ensued, till Gabriella, fearing that she was obtrusive, retired to the inner room. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z What gilding there is, is away up in the roof and on the bosses in the soffits of the arches, but it is old and not really obtrusive. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z In some instances the presence of chlorine compounds is not obtrusive when the temperature of the water is low but becomes so when the temperature is raised. Chlorination of Water 2011-09-13T02:00:32.243Z The top of the stadium is so high and wide that it would require architectural ingenuity to cover it, and even then it would be larger and more obtrusive. The Open?s Missing Piece2011 U.S. Open: Building a Roof Would Come With Many Challenges 2011-09-08T01:54:14Z The top of the stadium is so high and wide that architecturally, a retractable roof would make it even larger and more obtrusive. U.S. Open: Rain Washes Out Play 2011-09-06T22:51:17Z I came to look forward to Maurice Stair’s presence as a relief from the colonial’s obtrusive personality. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The Quaker may be too obtrusive in his prose writings, but it is not so in the greater and better portion of his poetry. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z He is, in a certain way, his own Boswell—less obtrusive, however, and, as a consequence, more concise. Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student 2011-08-25T02:00:32.027Z Throughout the hours between my second and third classes, I would purchase and eat lunch and then situate myself in the least obtrusive spot I could find to study or write. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z We are delighted by wit, playful and incessant and never obtrusive. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z When I tried it, the graphics were helpful, but the music was a tad obtrusive. App Smart: Curl Up With a Soothing Smartphone and Relax 2011-08-10T20:43:44Z They find that they are charged by many, probably the obtrusive ones, the most extravagant prices for all things. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z When the book was as carefully closed again, without the white book-marks the parson had placed in it having been disturbed, the obtrusive one departed. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z During the European war death from being an ever-present fact became an obtrusive one. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z The poles, he said, are less obtrusive than large cabinet-style boxes planted directly on sidewalks, which can invite graffiti and vandals. In an Early 1900s Neighborhood, a Glimpse of ?2001? 2011-07-30T01:00:27Z And then she tried to draw herself up, and look august; but the vulgar old thing only made herself more common and obtrusive, while I began to tremble in the most agitated manner. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z In the bust, whatever is common-place, familiar, and actual, is thrown out or kept down: in a picture it is not only retained, but, in most cases, it is necessarily obtrusive. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z No doubt misery and evil dwell in Dresden, as in all the congregated societies of men, but no where are they less obtrusive. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z For convenience of enrolment, a house was taken at No. 8, Salisbury Street, Strand, where the volunteers, honest and otherwise, soon appeared—the otherwise being more obtrusive and seemingly more zealous. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Heinrich passed his hand through his hair as if he wished to banish the obtrusive thoughts that crowded upon him. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Small prints are naturally subjected to a close inspection; the screen effect, therefore, should be less obtrusive than in larger ones. Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z The American nation has happily discarded the beast, but it has chosen one of the fiercest among the birds—the bird whose talons are more obtrusive than its song. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z But these grow fewer and less obtrusive as the years pass by. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z One of them cannot altogether shut out these obtrusive considerations. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Was she not within earshot during the horrible obtrusive suddenness of this most inopportune meeting! Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z She herself had buried it, and now that they were unexpectedly thrown together again, he felt that it would be unfair to her, not to say obtrusive, to revert to the forbidden subject. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z There also lived here a "Doctor" Harrison, more famous for his effrontery and obtrusive declamation than for his medical learning or skill. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z He was not rough, not obtrusive in any of this. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z It was reticent, charming, too genuine for much open expression, too chivalrous at heart to be obtrusive. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z Almost the whole population came to see us, but their curiosity was not at all obtrusive. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Here, too, the talk was all of the war, but its dire evidences were less obtrusive, and, on the whole, the Paynes made themselves tolerably comfortable. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Perhaps a less obtrusive flap that was attached to the base and was situated in foul territory would be acceptable? Bats: Was Albert Pujols's Injury Avoidable? 2011-06-22T06:39:12Z This enables them to avoid without much difficulty what they are apt to consider the intrusive and obtrusive sympathy of friends. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z It is Spenser’s discreet use of alliteration; never obtrusive, but falling naturally into the verse, it may escape our perception while it is acting on our feeling. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Furthermore, apparently the spacing which is the most obtrusive is most influential in causing the divided space to appear greater for a than for b. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z I will, however, point out a main reason why this Irish question is so troublesome, obtrusive, and provoking. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z The antennas themselves are much cheaper and less obtrusive than cell towers. Can Wi-Fi Work Citywide in New York? 2011-05-26T21:00:00Z As he proceeded his solitary figure seemed to become more distinct; his presence more obtrusive and his echoing footsteps to resound louder. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z The political Jesuit attended even the lectures of his obtrusive rival, took notes with a fair countenance, till suddenly burst the latent explosion. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Dark beams of ceilings are not so obtrusive because our intellect tells us that they are supports passing over the top of the walls and are therefore able to support themselves. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z The conversational style is largely introduced, without being obtrusive. Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools 2011-05-23T02:00:09.167Z She was somewhat jealous of his favour and of the authority he exercised; for without making the fact in any way obtrusive, a fact it was, that Mr. Digby did what he pleased. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z I replied, rather stiffly, not much relishing this too obtrusive familiarity. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z He tried to stamp it out, this new and obtrusive egoism; but he failed. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z But it would be truer to say conversely that in his own later works, since “Anna Karenina,” the clarity of the artistic design was dimmed by the obtrusive didactic purpose. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z There is no obtrusive piety, no patronizing air, nothing to offend the pride of the poor man who values his self-esteem, yet all the influences of the place are elevating. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The obtrusive domination of a woman like milady was obnoxious and abhorrent to her mind, proud of its feminity, gentle in the consciousness of its strength. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Darcy's cheek reddened between shame and anger to find himself overheard by his obtrusive companion, and, with a cold salute, he passed on. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z The concerted writing throughout is splendid—the counterpoint is never obtrusive, but always there,—and the orchestration a wonderful combination of lightness and strength. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z There had been a time when he protested impatiently against these rather obtrusive demonstrations, but now he took pleasure in them. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z It was like awaking from a delicious dream, to the stern reality of some pressing and constantly obtrusive misfortune. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z I do not doubt my love was often obtrusive and selfish, but I never meant it to be so. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z But with a gesture of impatience he swept the obtrusive remembrance aside. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z She arises, leaves the skiff, and, passing her obtrusive admirer without a word, tries to turn into the shortest path leading to the castle. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z He carried himself erect, and his manner, while it was perfectly easy, was never obtrusive. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z "Then I can only say that in what we call good society we become obtrusive in talking of things we know nothing about." The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z I did n't half like this counsel, Tom; it was rather an obtrusive line of policy, but what was to be done? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z She was tall, dark, slender and indescribably graceful, as well as with the nameless manner, born with some and never in perfection acquired, of exceeding yet not obtrusive graciousness. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z At last Rome disappeared from sight in the dusk of evening, and the discomforts of the journey began to make themselves obtrusive. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The glaring and unharmonious spot, being the most prominent and obtrusive, irresistibly attracts the attention, so as to interrupt the repose of the whole, and leaves the mind no place to rest upon.” Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z "And may I ask whether one becomes obtrusive merely in talking of public affairs?" The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The more retiringly Sch�ner behaved, the more obtrusive became Lieutenant Buschmann; he could not accustom himself to the idea that he must retire from so long a siege without success. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z She had pictured a hard, cynical, intellectual creature, critical as to the shortcomings of creation, full of "science," and pertly obtrusive with views. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z Will it be thought unfeminine or obtrusive, if I add yet a few words? The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z He found himself slipping on the rough and greasy setts, jostling people in the darkened streets, and barking his shins against obtrusive door steps. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z We went for the less obtrusive option of adding rubber spacers – which finally solved the problem. Building a PC: 'Hearing the post beep is like great sex' 2011-02-22T13:30:36Z But, unlike Frankfort, whose candour was never obtrusive, Ormsby’s openness of manner often degenerated into egotism. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z They were all much excited at the arrival of strangers, and crowded around us without the least idea or care about being thought obtrusive. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Now the administration committee is taking another look at the issue, partly because "it is thought that the iPad would be a less obtrusive item for committee work than a laptop", Haselhurst said. MPs weigh up use of iPads in meetings 2011-02-13T16:55:15Z The cathedral of St. Jean is an imposing structure of that obtrusive variety of architectural art known as "Louis Quinze," and is unworthy of the distinction once bestowed upon it. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z He objects to Repton; so do I. I always deemed him obtrusive and familiar. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Vexed and almost offended, the professor turned away from the anxious servant, who, armed with an immense umbrella, sought to protect him in such an obtrusive way. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z This wilful misunderstanding angered her inexpressibly, and she was still more annoyed at the persevering gaze, which yet had nothing obtrusive, but strove to conceal itself under the appearance of an animated conversation. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z Instead they have sought out less obtrusive and more natural ways to connect users with marketers. Turning tweets into profit 2011-02-01T12:12:00Z The inevitable obtrusive organ-case is of the seventeenth century, and like all of its kind is a parasitical abomination, clinging precariously to the western wall. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z If he sits near you and seems disposed to be impertinent, or obtrusive in his attentions or conversation, lower your veil and turn from him, either looking from the window or reading. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Are we," he exclaimed roughly, "back in the days of Capet, the tyrant, and of Versailles, that patriots and citizens are treated like menials and obtrusive slaves? Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Now, with his eyes on the obtrusive unharmony all about him, and his memory going back to the doctor's well-known fastidiousness of taste, he could think of little else. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z Now Ursula had preserved just enough of the peculiar attire of her own class, to let one understand that she, in truth, belonged to it without rendering the distinction obtrusive. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z I will not be obtrusive in any way, shape or form. Kenny Dalglish would be 'delighted' to be Liverpool's permanent manager 2011-01-11T00:05:18Z In the church at Montfort l’Amaury an instructive light is thrown upon the obtrusive appearance of donors so frequently found during the sixteenth century. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z I must find some less obtrusive and dangerous way of calling the sailors and officers to our assistance. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z Environmentalists were almost as hyperbolic about what they did not like — allowing vertical rather than the more obtrusive horizontal hydrofracking in emerging gas fields upstate — as they were about what they did. Our Towns: On Drilling, Paterson Pleases Both Sides 2010-12-13T05:00:00Z “We don’t want to be an obtrusive element.” Intel Tries Anonymity, for a Change 2010-10-13T01:30:00Z Servers, including Ms. Kelly, are instantly familiar and affectionate without being obtrusive: Imagine your best friend’s mother waiting tables. | Ho-Ho-Kus: At Kevin?s Thyme, the Specialty Is Improvisation 2010-05-29T01:06:00Z Over time, however, the map acquired new elements like ferry routes and obtrusive balloons showing bus connections. New York Subway System Is Getting a New Map 2010-05-28T00:31:00Z As walruses swarmed on all sides, we did not much like paddling singly, and for some distance lashed the kayaks together; for we knew how obtrusive these gentlemen could be. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Never let children be obtrusive or feel that they are a power in the house; and require of them the utmost respect to elders. Household Organization Young women are employed to sell the fruit and flowers, whose pleasant and by no means obtrusive importunity with visitors makes many purchasers. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands She finished it off with a double wink, Edith having never been able to wink one eye alone, and crossing the hall, closed the door of the den with an obtrusive bang. The Window at the White Cat The sun shone with obtrusive clearness into the most remote corner, and mercilessly set out everything in a dazzling light. A Sister's Love A Novel Nevertheless, from the time the report of my fabulous riches spread throughout the whole university town I suddenly found Fräulein von Hammelstengel thrust in my way in the most obtrusive manner. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I But in our relations, there was nothing of that wild, exuberant, often obtrusive kind of fraternizing, affected by our studious youth. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales "Silence!" cried Innis, impatient at the obtrusive interruption of the gross captain. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency A very slight movement of impatience on the Duke's part showed that he regarded the sympathy as obtrusive. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) In truth, such a phraseology is much less attractive than a certain tone, a recognition of the unseen, which may at times be more consistent with reverential silence than with obtrusive utterance. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus And so on, in a vein of courageous cheer, spoken with the big, obtrusive, genial egotism that always meets us in Whitman’s writings. The Vagabond in Literature For attention from outsiders was only too obtrusive. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life He was so obtrusive in his gratitude that it was with difficulty she managed to change her clothes. Mary When Kathleen Milne took the practice, she generally contented herself by taking the time and leaving Sally Jones, or some other obtrusive person, to do all the rest. Just Gerry Was it owing to Scott's influence, also, that we have in this case a less obtrusive moral? Maria Edgeworth Of Calv�'s voice little has been said, because, in the perfection of her art, the voice is not obtrusive. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Her pantry shone with obtrusive cleanliness and every dish came glistening to the stiff, high-lustered table-cloth, where her spiced breadsticks were cradled in fresh napkins for each dinner. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Here again, the design should not be obtrusive, but one that blends with the atmosphere of the place where the stand is set up. A Living from the Land For within the maiden breast of Miss Matilda, behind that obtrusive composure, there seethed a tumult of question, alarm, bewilderment.... Where the Pavement Ends Its moral is not obtrusive, its fable is well constructed, the tale is told with point, spirit, gentle but incisive satire. Maria Edgeworth She was the Evangelical magnate whose religion seemed largely to consist in disapproving of other people’s enjoyments, and the bride’s obtrusive happiness appeared to her as a deliberate “tempting of Providence.” Lady Cassandra Quackinboss was with him, but never was there a companion less obtrusive. One Of Them The few scattered cottages of the peasants were so dwarfed by the huge evidences of prehistoric life, that the present appeared to be a dream and the past to be the obtrusive and masterful reality. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen There was none of the obtrusive selfishness of an ordinary horse in his ways. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Speaking of Scott's novels, she remarks that his morality is not in purple patches, ostentatiously obtrusive, but woven in through the very texture of the stuff. Maria Edgeworth Especially are they free from what we consider to be the worst fault a book of this kind can show, an obtrusive pretension to superior taste. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The breezy geniality of their shipboard acquaintance did not strike Harry as officious or obtrusive now. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Yet in Madame Arles we have no notable character to bring forward; if past griefs have belonged to her, they have become long since a part of her character; they are in no way obtrusive. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Would n't he, in spite of you, be low, vulgar, inquisitive, and obtrusive? A Day's Ride A Life's Romance For defence against any obtrusive shark or sawfish he carried a heavy, long-bladed, two-edged knife, by far the most effective weapon in deep water. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Mrs. Hughes was a small trim woman who had a look of modestly trying not to be obtrusive about her many virtues. Fidelity A Novel So, without any of those little fond obtrusive ways so natural to a young mother, she put the child out of the way, and sat down to serve her father’s tea. Jan Vedder's Wife The impersonal relator is omniscient, but his omniscience is not so obtrusive as in the story that touches on the facts of the soul. The Technique of Fiction Writing Early risers see whole colonies of these obtrusive and omnipresent birds coming in from their roosting-places in the neighboring groves, seeking whom they may devour. The Pearl of India In addition to these noxious and obtrusive forms, England has a few indigenous species belonging to the genus Ectobia, which live under stones or fallen trees in fields and woods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Whole-hearted faith in the Church was waning, and although outward conformity still prevailed, there existed very diverse opinions, tolerated so long as they did not become too obtrusive. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens They had been neighbors at table, and he could at once address her without fear of seeming obtrusive. Hand and Ring I am sincerely sorry for you, but I tell you unhesitatingly, that I find it difficult to tolerate your grave and obtrusive faults.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The Moorish wife paints her toe-nails, which, after all, is a harmless vanity, and less obtrusive than that of the ladies who impart artificial redness to their lips. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) His attentions gallant without being obtrusive, and his geniality and culture made him a very pleasant companion. Doubloons—and the Girl Nothing obtrusive about it—officially they were only servants and bodyguards—but they knew how to shoot. The Sensitive Man Above the average height, his compact, athletic figure was so perfectly proportioned that his height was not obtrusive. The Blue Goose When this is finished, all palpable, obtrusive ceremony is at an end. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Of course we 84 do not wish to be obtrusive, but I have a few groceries which I did not give away in the village still remaining in my basket. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor Why, cousin, I have been told that you spoke of my manners towards yourself as being freer—more—obtrusive than they should be. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The obtrusive thing about a blend is the total effect, not the elementary sensations that are blended. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Like many city manners which are new to country folk these seem to be a bit obtrusive at first. Old Plymouth Trails The rest of the family—unwelcome wights!—were not disposed to make their existence obtrusive; on the contrary, they did much to further his wishes, even to the sacrifice of personal predilection. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories And the unhealthily demonstrative and obtrusive animalism of the Whitmaniad is as unnatural, as incompatible with the wholesome instincts of human passion, as even the filthy and inhuman asceticism of SS. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today In prose, the sentence turns upon a pivot, nicely balanced, and fits into itself with 248 an obtrusive neatness like a puzzle. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) But when satire fails to amuse for bitterness, and humor fails to conciliate, the pictures become almost too gloomy and the moral purpose too obtrusive. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Father Vianney moved, slowly through the surging throng and, although he was gentleness itself, yet unabashed and obtrusive persons were now and again brought to reason by a quiet though firm answer. The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord Upon no account must this obtrusive fellow see the cart. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) It was now about two months since their marriage, and the gowns in Minnie's trousseau began to lose their obtrusive newness: nor can it be said that her sentiments were new. A Country Gentleman and his Family To understand how constant is this preoccupation of good writers, even where its results are least obtrusive, it is only necessary to turn to the bad. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) I never yet knew a truly intelligent mechanic obtrusive. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. She learned to select the right pieces with a rapid glance and to chip an obtrusive corner or face a rock with a few taps of the heavy hammer. Clark's Field I was now certain that during my temporary absence in France, all irons would be put into the fire, and the world turned upside down, to make Flora disown the obtrusive Frenchman and accept Chevenix. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) He was not obtrusive, never "butted in"; never offended by a too affectionate tongue. Alaska Days with John Muir He uttered his views in the tone and for the ear of good society; I, with the emphasis and technicalities of the obtrusive student. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 That was fairly successful indeed; yet a man of his superiority, and with a less obtrusive policy, might, who knows? have got the length of half a crown. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) While thus smoothing the path of love, all obtrusive allusion to the suspected or recognised state of things should be carefully avoided. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements I am fellow, of course—obtrusive fellow, impudent fellow, if you like—but who are you? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Had I been obtrusive, I knew I should have encountered rebuff. Shirley Beside, he meant to come in; so he opened the gate for her, and followed in a well-bred, gentlemanly way, that had nothing obtrusive in it. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart I was still full of resentment at his obtrusive scorn of myself and my religious party, and I could see that he felt himself mightily outraged at my retorts. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire Landor and another—the other being some wretched man of straw or Guy Faux effigy dragged in to be belaboured with weighty aphorisms and talk obtrusive nonsense. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Nobody had ever told me, and I thought it obtrusive to call. My Autobiography A Fragment Moreover, the most all-pervading and obtrusive of French monarchs was succeeded by the most retiring, the one most ready of all to let the world take what course it would. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 My house is less obtrusive and less arrogant in its demeanor than the foregoing, and it has no elevator in it. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) You—you might have been a little kinder, papa; he wasn't at all obtrusive; and he only asked you whether you would say anything. The Quality of Mercy Her face was usually dull, vacant and immobile, but sometimes, when questioned or when something obtrusive happened, a little puzzled. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type The air was cool and serene, and except the rustling of the surrounding foliage, when agitated by the breeze, or the soft plaintive voice of the nightingale, no obtrusive sound disturbed the solemn silence. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. In other gods there is a nearer approach to a human figure, and the physical side is not so obtrusive. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Its ridgepole is marred by three unusually obtrusive "lightning conductors," which could hardly have been more offensive had they been turned into those lath-like crosses which are seen elsewhere. The Cathedrals of Northern France There was nothing formal or obtrusive about their welcome. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Here the roar of traffic is subdued to a murmur hardly greater than the stir of country woods on a warm spring morning—a murmur less obtrusive, because more monotonous. Audrey Craven As one passes out into the surrounding squalor and obtrusive poverty, it is impossible not to moralize as to the costly, theatrical, and ostentatious road which seems to lead to the Roman Catholic heaven. Aztec Land The note of melancholy, always present, but often subdued, so that it sounded below the music of his voice, was now obtrusive: a monotonous repetition, compelling attention, insistent, an unvarying note of sadness. The Cruise of the Shining Light They were in their way quite as splendid and obtrusive as Madame Corinne was in hers. The Island Mystery "Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired," he seemed to shun observation. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Details are usually small, but their obtrusive, perpetual presence is likely to disturb one's nerves. Rural Life and the Rural School What, for instance, could be quieter or more modest, in its first stages, than the invention of James Watt? what more obtrusive or noisy, on the contrary, than the invention of Mr. Henson? Leading Articles on Various Subjects And there will be the possibly less ingenuous but more obtrusive malcontent who will say that it ought never to have been done, or that it is not, as it is, done well. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges His obtrusive personality often destroyed the harmony of the portrait he was painting; but in his inspired moments, which were many, his touches were sublime. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The spines, however, served a useful purpose: they kept the tender skin beneath from being irritated by the chance touch of the mother hedgehog's obtrusive quills. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain For all that, her strength was not obtrusive; her movements were graceful and when not occupied she was calm. Partners of the Out-Trail They exhibit, in the same set phrases, the same large amount of somewhat obtrusive sanctimoniousness. Leading Articles on Various Subjects They are observant, and not without curiosity, but they require encouragement to induce them to come forward, being restrained, it would seem, by a genteel self-denial, from gratifying curiosity, lest it might be thought obtrusive. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island He certainly looked as though he had been starved, body and soul; but his other unorphan-like qualities were so obtrusive that he was looked upon as the biggest counterfeit of the crowd. Treasure Valley If it had only been, "May be it will amuse him a little while," then the obtrusive hump wouldn't be so heavy, and the murmuring, repining spirit would become joyous and grateful. The Elm Tree Tales The pride was, of course, not obtrusive, but it was there. Partners of the Out-Trail Covered with cretonne, felt or paper of any shape and size, these are almost indispensable for shielding from draughts in breezy weather, or sheltering from obtrusive sunlight on a sultry day. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society In the discussion of the more important questions Mr. Madison is conspicuous—conspicuous without being obtrusive. James Madison He carried as many pistols as could be stowed away in a violin-case, which, with a music-roll holding cartridges, was an obtrusive feature of his luggage. Ghetto Comedies To what is obtrusive chiefly applied? intrusive? officious? meddlesome? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions It is very populous, with villages, hamlets, single cottages, or farm-houses embosomed in orchards, and scattered over with gentlemen’s houses, some of them very ugly, tall and obtrusive, others neat and comfortable. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 These ceremonies, however, are not quite so obtrusive as they are in Western lands. The Empire of the East He realised to the full that these obtrusive features were anything but things of beauty, and found them a sorrow forever in his vain attempts to conceal them. The Silver Maple She had a profound, but not an obtrusive sensibility. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions On the other hand, he was well-bred and self-possessed, full of accurate information, and never obtrusive. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 She was sorry when Miss Gallifer came back, though there was no help for that; but Miss Gallifer was obtrusive only when she chatted or moved about. The Dust Flower Her eyes danced; she hummed the air of "Sweethearts" quite in an obtrusive manner as she ran into the house. Frances Kane's Fortune These ladies purchased tickets, and entered the clinic of the Pennsylvania Hospital, with no obtrusive spirit, and with no intention of interfering with the legitimate advantages of other students. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III What is the conduct specially characteristic of a meddlesome person? of an intrusive person? of one who is obtrusive? officious? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The sadness was not obtrusive, not on the surface; it was only the background to everything. Nobody That this outcast girl was twining herself round his heart was a fact growing too obtrusive to be ignored. The Dust Flower "He'd be so selfish, so obtrusive—he'd always want you to do exactly what he liked, just when he liked, and never when he didn't, or when you liked, I mean." The Limit She analyzes the religious motives without obtrusive criticism or acrid cynicism or nauseous cant—whether of the orthodox or heretical form. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Madame,—You will deem it inconsiderate, obtrusive, that at such a moment as this I entreat you to grant me a favor, but it is the high ambition of my life. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series You see the milliner's head-woman, dressed with obtrusive smartness, though everything seems a little awry. The Master Mummer If he couldn’t wholly hide the bluff he could keep it from being 101 flagrantly obtrusive; and toward that end an office was a help. The Dust Flower It represents the aristocratic principle, however, in its least obtrusive form. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy The Boston Globe:"— "Mr. Jamieson exhibits much power and delicacy, and a certain confident but not obtrusive manner, which will go far, with his abilities, to place him in a high rank among our pianists. Music and Some Highly Musical People I mean, for instance, putting in skies, blocking out obtrusive backgrounds, sunning down high lights, retouching negatives, printing through prepared masks that entirely alter the negative, and pencil or air brush work on prints?” Pictorial Photography in America 1921 He sacrificed all but his bare necessities, and grew actually thinner and even less obtrusive. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 He gives us the very quintessence of perception,—the clearly crystalized precipitation of all that is most precious in the ferment of impression after the impertinent and obtrusive particulars have evaporated from the memory. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature After that you cannot look at the coat without seeing the stain, and it becomes so persistently obtrusive that you are compelled to have it removed. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Without making it obtrusive, she bestowed upon her father a sort of service the like of which not all the interest of courts can obtain for their kings. The End of a Coil About all such matters his talk is the talk of an experienced man habitually interested in his subject, and yet it is never obtrusive. Change in the Village Until that time Mirabeau had been notorious for the obtrusive scandal of his life, and the books he had written under pressure of need did not restore his good name. Lectures on the French Revolution Herrick, despite his sometimes rather obtrusive learning, is emphatically the natural man. A History of Elizabethan Literature He had never known a collar to be so obtrusive. The Cheerful Smugglers The caste problem has been, and continues to be, the most troublesome and obtrusive among all the questions which confront missions in that land. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Nothing can be less obtrusive than the demeanor of the brethren. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Nothing bound them together but fear and a common hatred for the obtrusive dogmatist at the head of affairs; and it was not evident to each that they were acting in the same cause. Lectures on the French Revolution It will, of course, be the care of the artist to see that any didactic purpose is not obtrusive. The Writing of the Short Story But it is not the noisy, clamorous, obtrusive life of the city. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Mrs. Bethel was gorgeous in a green silk dress and the paint was more obtrusive than ever. The Wooden Horse The red bricks, too, are varied by having others of a dark grey tint introduced in reticulated patterns, which relieve without being obtrusive. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Learning is marshalled behind every paragraph, and almost behind every sentence, and yet is never obtrusive. Lectures on the French Revolution He also knew when it was advisable to offer something more tasteful than the obtrusive dollar. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter "Miss Mary is in the drawing-room," he was told by a servant, who smiled on him, the accepted lover, with obtrusive friendliness. The Hero His passage through the streets of Pendragon woke him from his dreams; its almost startling modernity and obtrusive up-to-dateness laughed at his fancies. The Wooden Horse Just a cottage or two to remind one that there is a population, but not obtrusive. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter "Is supposed to be of good appearance," he states with obtrusive modesty. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 Music only displays on the grand scale the laws which in less obtrusive form govern the whole æsthetic life of woman. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) He fetched a large pewter ink-pot, and tried nervously to blacken the letters with the tip of a quill, to make them, if possible, rather less obtrusive than they were. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers It is also their duty and their happiness to accompany them in their rambles, when it is the pleasure of the fair ones to require their attendance, but not to be obtrusive. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies Her aunt, a faded, anæmic-looking lady of somewhat too obtrusive gentility, was still sitting with her hand pressed to her heart. Anna the Adventuress That something higher may be denominated physitheism, or the worship of the powers and more obtrusive phenomena of nature. Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 Never was intervention more effective, or less obtrusive. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 I must find a Company first That doesn't resort to obtrusive advertisement— And the Railway ones are the worst! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 This is a fundamental maxim in the art of costume, but is often lost sight of, and dress made obtrusive at the expense of the individuality of the wearer. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies Happily for the rising statesman, he was blest with a clever young secretary, who wrote a good many letters for him, read blue-books, got up statistics, and interviewed obtrusive visitors from the Green Isle. Vixen, Volume III. She passed her hand over the obtrusive pins again. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation While in no way obtrusive, or gushing in his attentions, Mr. Gregory was most thoughtful and kind, and few women are without appreciation of conduct of this type. How to Cook Husbands Sentiment, profession, obtrusive reverence, and fault-finding scruples had revolted him, even when he thought it a proof of his own irreligion to be provoked. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster While on the other hand, rebuke from those who are deemed obtrusive and inimical, or even indifferent, will do more harm than good. An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females How different from Roderick's clumsy advice and obtrusive affectation of candour. Vixen, Volume III. In her subdued mood the likeness to Madeleine was more obtrusive than it had ever yet been. The Light of Scarthey Jane was not physically obtrusive, yet there were moments when her presence in a room oppressed him. The Creators A Comedy "These warriors were a picturesque, obtrusive lot," said a chronicler; "after having invaded Austria they acclaim the Austrian." Royal Palaces and Parks of France Besides, great beauty has disadvantages; it attracts attention at the wrong moment, it makes travelling troublesome, it is obtrusive and hinders a woman from doing exactly what she pleases. Fair Margaret A Portrait No obtrusive sympathy had ever made it odious to her. Vixen, Volume III. His radio knowledge was somewhat a thing apart and in that he shared with the less obtrusive Gus. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In Gluttonous and meditative in the morning; beginning to swell with a growing sense of importance about midday; amorous, obtrusive, and consequential later; hilarious after dinner; quarrelsome before tea; and down in the ditch before dawn. The Diamond Coterie Plain stone steps would have been far less obtrusive. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See The colouring, the treatment, the coarse obtrusive mechanical touch, seemed those of a clumsily constructed automaton, rather than of a human painter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He scorned the obtrusive learning of the transcendentalists and he disliked their hard talkative women. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays One saw no ambition, no proper pride, no obtrusive morality anywhere. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly It was not in the least obtrusive, yet one could never mistake their point of view. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia High school boys followed her with cowardly and obtrusive forwardness. The Goose Man Very many of our modern pictures are ruined by the violent contrasts of the asphaltum and similar browns with less obtrusive pigments. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 But I remembered Miss Cammack might think it rather tender and obtrusive, so I dried my eyes and began to hope he had escaped. A Confederate Girl's Diary The French had been obtrusive and vexatious guests; but their worst trespasses had been mercy and tenderness, to the daily outrage of the new-comers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 It was the controlling force in his life, yet it had not been in any way obtrusive. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia The fresco of the "Magi" is less notable in detail, and in general effect is more spoiled by obtrusive blues. New Italian sketches He is usually a delightful person, dignified, kind, courteous, full of fun and extremely friendly without being obtrusive. Diversions in Sicily The speaker was a little, short, wiry man, in a slack-fitting, brown tweed suit, with a rather obtrusive striped tie. A harum-scarum schoolgirl Marcia has a curious faculty of making people uncomfortable, of saying wrong things, of being obtrusive. Floyd Grandon's Honor The book which shall meet this want must have theory; yet the theory must not be made obtrusive, nor stated too abstractly. Practical Ethics One might put up a little hurdle—nothing obtrusive—only a matter of a few inches high. Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 Quiet, friendly chatting between friends went on, but it was never obtrusive, or interfered with devotion. Sixty years with Plymouth Church "Can't you?" laughing and displaying his obtrusive teeth to their utmost advantage. Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes She is not an obtrusive child, and, though bright, has grave moods and strange spells of thought. Floyd Grandon's Honor He was surprised, therefore, at the obtrusive impertinence of these two fellows, and when next he passed them, he surveyed them from head to foot with a haughty and indignant stare. St. Winifred's, or The World of School She is a calm, quiet, lady-like person, not obtrusive, and not easily put out of the way. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 "She parades them just to show off, in a particularly obtrusive and objectionable manner." The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life But it remains essentially a tank full of water, now containing an obtrusive trifle of alien matter in addition to the hydrogen and oxygen that decide its most significant properties. The Short Life In rush seasons it will make use of publisher's description, after carefully blue-pencilling obtrusive adjectives, but it goes no farther. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing She had most ostentatiously chased out an obtrusive hen, from this temple of cleanliness. The Lost Girl The collar was of picked medium gut stained black, many of the American anglers contending that this is the colour least obtrusive to fish. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler In many prayers self is obtrusive and aggressive from end to end. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Not only were the shutters closed, and the shades drawn, but a patch-work bed-quilt had been tacked over the window that no obtrusive ray of light should work havoc with his health. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Enthusiasm is noisy, obtrusive—self-abnegation is silent, retiring; enthusiasm is officious, troublesome, careless of time and place—self-abnegation is prudent, gentle, considerate. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States “Oh, yes,” said Julian, “that’s a compatriot of mine named Hazlet; a very good fellow, I believe, though rather obtrusive perhaps.” Julian Home She had smoothed her bobbed red tresses, too, and a long motor veil of a lilac tinge made less obtrusive the décolleté of the tea-gown. Apron-Strings Our sectarianisms are always most frowning and obtrusive when spiritually we are at “low tide.” My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year The gypsy woman became more obtrusive, seeing she had put the girl to confusion. Debts of Honor It has blatancy, size, pretension,—a profusion of rich incongruities; and although religiously interesting from its chapels and shrines, it is architecturally obtrusive and monstrous. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 I will not say that he never showed himself dogmatic and ill-informed, but he was no longer obtrusive and uncharitable. Julian Home The least obtrusive addition will be blind tooling, or, as in so many old books, stamping, which may emphasize the depth of color in the leather. The Booklover and His Books If it is obtrusive and aggressive, its appetites clamouring for supremacy, I pummel it! My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year In all styles, especially in letter-writing, a final emphasis must not be so frequent as to become obtrusive and monotonous. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition He fitted in easily—wasn't shy or awkward—that sort of thing, you know—but he wasn't obtrusive at all. The Highgrader The most obtrusive figure in his Lordship's coach is Mr. Swordbearer, in a cap like a reversed saucepan, which this great officer wears on these grand occasions. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency He was not obtrusive, but was content to keep at heel, and to be permitted to admire. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray It helps to make us obtrusive, unduly aggressive, when we ought to be reverently hiding our faces with our wings. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Apparently Jackson felt that the addition of one or two tones from wood blocks would supply the intermediate tints and at the same time would prevent the line system from becoming obtrusive. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut And still Americans, everywhere Americans; rich and poor Americans, loud and quiet Americans; Americans who had taste and education, and some who had neither; well-dressed and over-dressed, obtrusive and unobtrusive, parvenu and aristocrat. The Lure of the Mask They have, therefore, no other measures to recommend than the less obtrusive, but persevering exertions, of the several associations now formed, and which may be hereafter instituted, in the different sections of our country. 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